Newt Bascombe

Newt Bascombe (died 21 November 1776) was a Continental Army soldier from Pennsylvania and a mutineer in the Bascombe mutiny. He was summarily executed alongside his brother Eben Bascombe by General Charles Scott.

Biography
Newt Bascombe was born in Donegal, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, the younger brother of Eben and Quill Bascombe and the cousin of Bige Bascombe. Bascombe and his family joined the Pennsylvania militia during the American Revolutionary War, and they served under General Charles Scott and Captain Benjamin Tallmadge. Newt was passive when his family members decided to stage a mutiny against Scott and Tallmadge, and his only role in the mutiny was shooting Scott in the leg. However, Tallmadge persuaded him to not interfere with them as they killed the other mutineers, and Tallmadge promised Newt that he would be spared. Scott told Tallmadge that the army had no time for trial and asked Tallmadge to kill Newt or face court martial; when Tallmadge chose the latter, Scott shot Bascombe in the heart with his pistol, instantly killing him.